DAVIE -- Even after releasing the first depth chart of the preseason, the Miami Dolphins seem no closer to choosing a starting quarterback.

A.J. Feeley and Gus Frerotte are separated by merely a slash mark, each listed next to the other as the first-stringer on the chart released Monday -- exactly one week before the team plays Chicago in the Pro Football Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio.

Neither quarterback was made available to reporters on Monday, and new Dolphins coach Nick Saban would not tip his hand about how the starting candidates would specifically be used in the preseason.

Feeley is listed first, immediately before the slash.

Although Saban didn't say that Feeley will take the first offensive snap of the Dolphins' preseason, that seemed to be a pretty strong indicator.

Feeley started eight games last year during the Dolphins' dismal 4-12 season, threw 11 touchdowns and 15 interceptions and had the worst passer rating -- 61.7 -- among first-stringers in the league.

Frerotte is entering his third year in the system that new Miami offensive coordinator Scott Linehan used successfully in Minnesota, where the two worked together in 2003 and 2004 -- with Frerotte playing very rarely behind starter Daunte Culpepper.

There was little surprise in the opening chart; Vernon Carey, who's widely expected to be the starting left tackle, is listed as the first-stringer there, and unretired running back Ricky Williams is second at running back behind Lamar Gordon.

Only one rookie -- Travis Daniels, who played for Saban at LSU -- is currently listed as a starter; Daniels, barring any changes, will replace the departed Patrick Surtain at cornerback, opposite veteran Sam Madison.

Most players seemed relatively unflustered by where they currently sit on the chart.

The Dolphins opened just their second week of training camp on Monday.

"Ah, I don't really care. I'll be somewhere on it," said rookie linebacker Channing Crowder, before he learned he's second at middle linebacker behind Zach Thomas. "When they let me in the game, I'll go in there and try to impress the coaching staff, try to impress everybody."

Saban said the chart was prepared only out of necessity, so that preparations can be made for programs and other informational materials in advance of the preseason opener.

"It's not a definite," he said. "And there's no reason for somebody to not continue to compete for a starting job as well as a roster spot or whatever."